30s-40s Fake Book

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There are no adequate commercial fake or sheet music books for this period. Most of the non-big band standards are in fake books, but the verses are rarely included. None of these books have complete melody lines for the Big Band classics. The 1930s is considered the "Golden Age" of American song; many of today's "standards" were composed then, particularly during the earlier years. Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Fats Waller, Lionel Hampton, the Bob Crosby Orchestra, etc., recorded many classic jazz and pop tunes from the 1920s. Most are in the Dixieland Fake Book, and some 30s tunes often played by Dixieland bands are here, so we have included a combined index to both books. A few 20s tunes are here because they were popular in the 30s and aren't dixieland. Ballroom, latin and novelty dances are likely to be requested by the same folks who like the music in this book; those tunes are in Gigbook, which therefore is a companion to this one, so we included a combined index in Gigbook.
More 30s tunes are in 20s-30s Fake Book, so there will be another combined index.

(v=verse; lyr=lyrics on page; *=separate lyric sheet available)
About a quarter to nine (lyr)
*Ain't nobody here but us chickens 
All of me (lyr) 
*All the things you are 
*Almost like being in love 
Amapola (lyr) (J. Dorsey) 
*And the angels sing (Elman solo) 
*Anything goes (V) 
*As time goes by (V)  
At last (lyr) (Miller) 
*A-tisket a-tasket (Record ver.) 
Avalon (Goodman out solo) 
Begin the beguine (Shaw) 
*Bei mir bist du schoen(V) 
Between the Devil & Deep Blue Sea (lyr) 
*Blue moon (V) 
*Blue skies (V) (T.Dorsey vocal sheet) 
*Blues in the night 
Body and soul 
*Boo hoo 
*Boogie woogie bugle boy 
*Brother can you spare a dime (v) 
But not for me (lyr) 
*Caldonia (L. Jordan record) 
*Can't we be friends 
Caravan (Ellington) 
Carioca (Shaw, w/solo) 
*Change partners 
*Chattanooga Choo Choo (Miller) 
*Cheek to cheek 
Cherokee (classic tpt, sax solos) 
*Choo choo ch'boogie (L. Jordan Record) 
Christopher columbus 
*Cocktails for two (v) 
Comes love (lyr) (Shaw) 
*Continental, The (complete) (Astaire) 
*Daddy, Hey (V) 
Dancing in the Dark (lyr) 
Deed I do (lyr) 
*Deep purple (V) 
Do nothing til you hear from me (lyr) (Ellington) (stock chart out chor.) 
Don't be that way (Goodman) 
*Don't blame me (V) 
Don't get around much any more (lyr) (Ellington) 
*Don't sit under the apple tree (Miller) 
Dream (lyr) 
*Dream a little dream of me (V) 
Easy to love (lyr) 
Elmer's tune 
Embraceable you (lyr) 
Exactly like you (lyr) 
Fine romance, A (lyr) Astaire) 
Flying home 
Foggy day in London town (lyr) 
Fools rush in (lyr) 
Ghost of a chance (lyr) 
Glory of love (lyr) 
*Good night sweetheart (V) 
Goodbye (Goodman) 
*Goody goody 
Got a date with an angel (lyr) 
Green eyes (lyr) (J. Dorsey) 
Gypsy, The (lyr) 
Harbor lights (lyr) 
Have you met miss Jones (lyr) 
Hawaiian war chant (T. Dorsey) 
He's funny that way (lyr) 
*How deep is the ocean (v) 
How high the moon (lyr) 
Hummin' to myself (lyr) 
I can dream, can't I (lyr) 
I can't get started (lyr, Berigan solos) 
*I cover the waterfront (v) 
*I cried for you (James) 
I don't know why I love you like I do (v,lyr) 
*I get a kick out of you (v) 
I got it bad and that ain't good (lyr) (Ellington) 
*I got rhythm (v) 
I know that you know (Goodman) 
I let a song go out of my heart (v) (Ellington) 
*I only have eyes for you (v) 
I surrender dear (lyr) 
I wished on the moon (lyr) 
If I had rhythm in my nursery rhymes 
*I'll be seeing you (V) 
*I'll never be the same (V)
*I'll see you in my dreams (V) 
*Ill wind 
I'm beginning to see the light (lyr) 
I'm getting sentimental over you 
I'm getting sentimental over you (Tbn) (T. Dorsey) 
I'm in the mood for love (lyr) 
Imagination (lyr)  
In a mellow tone (Ellington) 
In a sentimental mood (Ellington) 
In the mood (Miller) 
*In the still of the night 
Indian love call (Shaw record) 
Indian summer 
Isle of Capris (lyr) 
Isn't it romantic (lyr) 
*Isn't this a lovely day to be caught in the rain (v) (Astaire) 
It don't mean a thing (Intro, v, lyr) (Ellington) 
It happened in Monterey (lyr) 
It's been a long long time (lyr) (James) 
It's d'lovely (lyr) 
It's only a paper moon (lyr) 
It's the talk of the town (lyr) 
*I've got a gal in Kalamazoo (Miller) 
*I've got my love to keep me warm 
*I've got the world on a string 
*I've got to sing a torch song (v) 
*I've got you under my skin 
I've heard that song before (lyr) (James) 
Jeepers creepers (lyr) 
Jersey bounce (Goodman) 
Jumpin' at the Woodside (Basie) 
Juke box Saturday night (Miller)(lyr) 
Just you, just me 
Kiss to build a dream on, A (lyr) 
*Knock me a kiss (L. Jordan record) 
Lady be good (Shaw record) 
*Lady is a tramp 
*Let yourself go (Astaire)(V) 
Let's dance (Goodman) 
*Let's face the music and Dance (Astaire) 
Let's fall in love (lyr) 
Little brown jug (Miller) 
*Liza (V) 
Love is here to stay (lyr) 
Love walked in (lyr) 
*Lovely Liza Lee (V) 
Lover come back to me (Shaw solos) 
Lover man (lyr) 
Lullaby of the leaves (lyr) 
Lulu's back in town (lyr) 
Man I love (lyr) 
*Manhattan (V) 
Marie (Berigan solo) (T. Dorsey band vocl sheet) 
*Minnie the moocher (Calloway) 
Mood Indigo (lyr) (Ellington) 
*Moonglow (v) (Goodman) 
Moonlight cocktail (Miller) 
Moonlight in Vermont (lyr) 
Moonlight serenade (Miller) 
My funny valentine (lyr) 
My heart belongs to Daddy (lyr) 
My inspiration (Bob Crosby) 
My old flame (lyr) 
Nearness of you (lyr) 
Nevertheless (lyr) 
Nice work if you can get it (lyr) 
*Night and day (v) (Astaire) 
*Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square (Miller) 
Nine-twenty special (James, Basie) 
No regrets (lyr) 
On a slow boat to china (lyr) 
*On the Alamo (v) 
*On the sunny side of the street (v) (T. Dorsey) 
On treasure Island (v) (T. Dorsey) 
Once in a while (lyr) (T .Dorsey) 
*One hour with you (v) 
One O'clock jump (Basie, Goodman, James) 
Opus One (T. Dorsey) 2pp 
Out of nowhere (lyr) 
Pennies from heaven (lyr) 
Pennsylvania 65000 (Miller) 
Penthouse serenade (lyr) 
Perdido (Ellington) 
Please (lyr) (Bing Crosby)
*Polka dots and moonbeams
PS I love you (lyr) 
*Puttin' on the ritz (v) 
Red sails in the sunset (lyr) 
Robbin's nest 
Rosalie (lyr) (Shaw) 
*Russian lullaby(V) 
*Sent for you yesterday (Basie record) 
Sentimental journey (lyr) 
September in the rain (lyr) 
*September song (v) 
Seven-twenty in the book 
*Should I (V) 
Sing sing sing (Goodman) 
Sittin' up waitin' for you (lyr) 
Skylark (lyr) 
Smoke gets in your eyes (lyr)  
Smoke rings 
Smooth one (Goodman) 
Softly as in morning Sunrise (Shaw) 
Solitude (lyr) (Ellington) 
*Some enchanted evening 
Somebody loves me (lyr) 
*Someone to watch over me (v) 
Song of India (T. Dorsey record) 
Sophisticated lady (Ellington) 
South of the border 
Stardust (v, Shaw solo) 
Stars fell on Alabama (lyr) 
*Stay as sweet as you are (V) 
Stompin' at the savoy (Goodman) 
*Stormy weather 
String of pearls (Miller) 
*Summertime (Bob Crosby) 
Sunrise serenade (Miller) 
Swanee River (Oliver) (T. Dorsey) 
*Sweet and lovely (V) 
Sweet Lorraine (lyr) 
*Swing Mr. Charlie (V) 
Swonderful (lyr) 
Take the A-Train (Ellington) 
Taking a chance on love (lyr) 
Tangerine (lyr) (J. Dorsey) 
Tenderly (lyr) 
*Thanks for the memory 
That old feeling (lyr) 
Them there eyes (lyr) 
There will never be another you (lyr) 
*These foolish things (V) 
*They all laughed at Christopher Columbus 
They can't take that away from me (lyr) 
Things I love (lyr) 
This love of mine (lyr) (T. Dorsey) 
*Top hat, white tie, and tails (v) 
Touch of your lips (lyr) 
Tuxedo Junction (Miller) 
Two sleepy people (lyr) 
Undecided (lyr) 
*Under a blanket of blue (V) 
Very thought of you (lyr) 
*Way you look tonight 
We three (my echo, my shadow and me) 
We'll meet again (lyr) 
What a difference a day makes (lyr) 
*What a little moonlight can do 
*What is this thing called love (Shaw) 
*What's new (Bob Crosby) 
When a woman loves a man (lyr) 
*Where or when 
White Cliffs of Dover (lyr) 
Woodchopper's ball (Herman) 
*Wrap your troubles in Dreams (V) 
Yes indeed (T. Dorsey) (lyr) 
Yesterdays (Shaw)
You always hurt the one you love (lyr)
*You brought a new kind of love to me (V) (Goodman) 
You do something to me (lyr) 
You made me love you (lyr) (James) 
You turned the tables on me (lyr) (Goodman) 
You'd be so nice to come home to (lyr) 
You'll never know (lyr) 
*You're driving me crazy (v) 
You're getting to be habit with me (lyr) 
You're gonna lose your gal (lyr) 
*Zing went the strings of my heart
 
Upgraded Pages
As I discover new sources, play the tunes in jam sessions and on gigs, am notified of errors by customers, or listen to classic recordings, I'm upgrading the pages to correct errors, improve chords, add verses, etc.
These are available free, in .pdf format, via eMail.

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Revised 2/19/07